Colleagues have scheduled an important presentation on webex with> 20 participants for tomorrow.
Requirements
I get a message that my browser is not supported when I try the webex test meeting. There seems to be 2 lists of requirements:
- The webex meeting suite requirements Firefox 32 bits only there.
- The list of Web App Supported Operating Systems and Browsers. Firefox on linux appears there.
I don't know which one applies to my meeting type?
32 bits Install instructions only
The only instructions from webex I found are these ones on help.webex.com: How-can-I-Join-a-Meeting-Using-64-bit-Red-Hat-Linux-6.
The help page suggests installing the following:
- Download 32-bit Mozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox
- Install 32-bit Mozilla Firefox
- Download 32-bit Adobe Flash tar.gz for Linux package: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
- Download Sun JRE Linux Self Extracting file: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
- Ensure the following i686 rpms are installed:
alsa-lib.i686
dbus-glib.i686
glibc.i686
gtk2-engines.i686
gtk2.i686
libcanberra-gtk2.i686
libcurl.i686
libXt.i686
nss.i686
PackageKit-gtk-module.i686 - etc…
I am very surprised that it still uses flash and so many 32 bits applications.
We are in 2020. Is there really no other way for me to listen to this webex presentation?
Best Answer
Webex does not officially support 64-bit Linux builds is what WebEx themselves says. A Reddit post agrees with you. However, you very kindly found a superior solution, which I have added to a prior request over at https://askubuntu.com/a/1225076/197910 .